Enrollment
12
Montana · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Greenough, MT
Sunset School
Federal NCES profile for Sunset School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 35/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 302538000727
👥 S:T ratio 76
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Sunset School earns 35/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 89% of Montana schools.
- 35
- Resource Index · Typical
- 6:1
- small classes for Montana
- 12
- students enrolled
Sunset School has class sizes smaller than 89% of Montana schools. Computed live against every Montana school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Sunset Elem · Montana
NCES ID 302538000727 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
2.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
6:1
vs 11.8:1 Montana avg
-49% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Sunset School compares with Montana and U.S. medians
What stands out at Sunset School
Sunset School is a small combined-grade school in Greenough, Montana, enrolling 12 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 6:1, Sunset School is leaner than roughly 89% of Montana schools and 49% under the state's 11.8:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Enrollment of 12 puts it in the smaller third of Montana schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 826 scored Montana schools.
Its student body is predominantly White (100% of enrollment) (diversity index 0/100).
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 83.3% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
Its district draws 25.4% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Sunset Elem operates only this one school, so Sunset School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Sunset School compares
Sunset School on the metrics families compare, against Montana and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Montana | Montana avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 6:1 | ▼ 49% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 12 | top 88% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
6:1
Leaner classes than 98% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
12
Bigger than 2% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
6:1
students per teacher
- 49% below state mean
Top 11% in Montana - lower ratio than 89% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
83.3%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$22,615
per pupil, district-wide
- above Montana avg of $19,282
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Student demographics
White 100.0%
Largest group: White at 100.0% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 0.0/100
Simpson diversity index - at 0.0, Sunset School is less mixed than the Montana school average of 23.6.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Sunset Elem, which includes Sunset School.
$22,615
Per student
+17%
vs Montana
Avg $19,282
+36%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 39.4%
State 35.2%
Federal 25.4%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Montana, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~12 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~6:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Sunset School
How many students attend Sunset School?
Sunset School has 12 students enrolled. It is a public school in Greenough, MT.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunset School?
The student-teacher ratio at Sunset School is 6:1, which is 49% lower than the Montana average of 11.8:1 and 62% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Sunset School?
The largest demographic group at Sunset School is White at 100.0% of enrollment, in Greenough, MT.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Sunset School?
Sunset School has a Resource Investment Index of 35/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Is Sunset School a good school?
Sunset School earns 35/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 89% of Montana schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Sunset Elem?
None reported; Sunset Elem operates only Sunset School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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